Effect of intrathecal nimodipine on spinal cord blood flow and evoked potentials in the normal or injured cord

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 497-506

  Imamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Tator, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Intrathecal injection; Nimodipine; Spinal cord blood flow; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPOTENSION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME;

EID: 0031824914     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100662     Document Type: Article

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